KROK 1 2016 – Question 91 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology

A patient with acute myocardial infarction has been administered heparin as a part of complex therapy. Some time after heparin injection the patient developed hematuria. What heparin antagonist should be injected to remove the complication?

  1. A. Neodicumarin
  2. B. Fibrinogen
  3. C. Vicasol
  4. D. Aminocaproic acid
  5. E. Protamine sulfate
Hint

Think about heparin's strongly negative charge and what kind of substance could bind and neutralise it directly.

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